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House and Senate Democratic leaders agreed yesterday to a $463 billion spending plan for the remainder of the fiscal year that would freeze many federal agencies at 2006 levels but include more money for veterans' health, education, scientific research, HIV programs and public parks, among other things.

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Good news indeed. However I'm not sure dumping more money into education is going to solve that problem. The problem it seems to me (and admittedly I've not been inside a public school since I graduated from high school 37 years ago) is lowered standards and lack of discipline. And I don't want to pay more taxes for public parks. Those are 'nice-to-have' things but ought not to be budgeted on the backs of taxpayers, many of whom don't utilize them. They should be paid for via fee-for-use. I keep trying to get these points across to my County board of supervisors in relation to property taxes, which are a cancer on my checkbook. Anything to do with health and medical research...I firmly support.